Women in Heat Behind Bars

Dec 5, 1987

1h 10m

★ 5.5

Overview

Shinobu Himeno is arrested and thrown into Asahi Female Prison for being an unwilling accomplice in a jewelry store robbery. She’s to serve her sentence in the infamous Cell Block 21, a dismal area full of tough, sex-starved women. Himeno is bullied and abused by inmates and guards. After being framed for starting a fight, she is taken away and tied up. Can the shy Himeno ever escape this living hell?

Genres

Action

Crime

Thriller

Production Companies

Nikkatsu Corporation

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Cast

Shinobu Wakana

Tomomi Segawa

Saeko Kizuki

Mako Takigawa

Shirō Shimomoto

Susumu Morioka

Yūko Chiba

Keiko Hirade

Minako Ogawa

Rena Hatta

Lesbian woman

Maria Himeno

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